How did you come up with your nation's name?

[Desadrad]

I'm curious as to what made you name you country what it is. Reason is because I've seen some nations put in their signatures how they refer to use a new name instead of the one they signed up with. I'm don't find Desadrad all that appealing anymore and I'm struggling to come up with a new one. Any suggestions?

[North Haveian fascist rule]

Mine came from a previous nation of mine "the kingdom states of north haven" I lost the password so I decided to make a fascist version

[Bica]

bica = don't know really, just a random combination of something that vaguely sounded coherent

dutchland-uk-prussia = dutchland (netherlands + germany), united kingdom, prussia

kustgebied = thank google translate

[Memovia]

Memovia from Mėmelis(Memel) or the word "meme" +-uva translated into english

[Augusta Pinochet]

Wanted to make a Nation based on Memetic Pinochet stuff I found on the Internet. Not the real one mind you. So I did choose this Name to go full for it.

And of course People ask all the Time for a Pinochet to come back, so here I am. They did not specify the kind of Pinochet they want.

I am Anarcho-Capitalist by the way.

So If you ask for something you'd might get something else than you'd expect.

Deal with it.

[Pope Joan]

Pope Joan represents a thumbing of the nose at tradition institutional religion. Was she a real historical figure? The issue may have become too clouded with partisan politics to be resolved at this point. But if she is not real, she should have been.

http://www.biography.com/people/pope-joan-279083

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/pope-jo ... id=1453197

http://atheism.about.com/od/popesandthe ... pejoan.htm

[Haja-Mishu]

I wanted a weab corporatist city state for a few months, then I created the Tadekai universe a year afterwards, then I looked into the ancient near-eastern civilizations and want to be called Shuraya.

[Genivaria]

I was a Stargate fan, there was a society called the Genii in Stargate Atlanis, I liked it so I used it.
That's really all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genii_(Stargate)

[Cannot think of a name]

Failure.

[Whiseria]

I had a few in mind (one was a half-joking suggestion for what we'd call ourselves if we left the US out of sheer rage) but they were all taken so i kind of key-smashed and chose what i thought sounded realistic.

which is ironically how i govern as well.

[Shyubi Koku Naishifun]

From a conlang I created.

"Shyubi Koku Naishifun" means "New Nation Name" in the Shyubi language again which I created.

[Lydenburg]

The town where my grandparents settled, my parents were raised, and where everybody knows my family's name. In a way I suppose it is the closest thing I have to a "home town", although I've lived elsewhere all my life.

[The Princes of the Universe]

A Queen song.

[Yorkers]

Just looked up a list of town names in Britain and New England, picked the most Anglo-sounding one "York", and added a suffix to it.

[Watuhuru]

Google translate.

[Uthary]

Random country name generator.

[Durkenshtan]

I wanted a name that suited a nation that wouldn't be taken seriously, and decided to modify my initial idea of Dankistan.

[The Islands of Versilia]

Versilia just popped into my head one day and I found it to flow off the tongue well. So I kept it.

And for my puppets, I just thought of names that sounded like they belonged to the culture and people which live in them.

[Minivanistan]

"Matriarchy of Minivanistan" is a tribute to an aunt who was a spectacular soccer mom, and the charity administrator for the whole extended family.
She never let us go hungry, or succomb to self-pity.

[The Siri]

Siri is my name. I also wanted to represent the advancement I wanted my nation to have.
My puppets are:
Jazzopolis- Not sure, I took "jazz" and "-opolis".
Deadlasaran- Base word: dead.
Whateverea: Base word: whatever.
Lesu-Christi: Direct Latin translation for "Jesus Christ". I realized I didn't have a conservative nation.

My advice is to either translate something into Latin or choose a base word and add prefixes or suffixes.

[Immoren]

Borrowed it from Privateer Press' world of Iron Kingdoms...
...And proceeded to not to makin IC:ly anyway to relate to the Iron Kingdoms.

[Desadrad]

Thanks everyone!

[Luziyca]

This nation? I mashed together Luzica and Luzyca together to get Luziyca.

[Mad hatters in jeans]

Tried to think of a weird name, put an item of clothing in to give it a solid average feel.

You can probably make one of those name list games with this method.

[Sarzonia]

Just tacked on a national-sounding suffix to my RL last name.